Don't Explain [Bonus Tracks]

• Artist: Robert Palmer
• Rating:
• Release Date: December 23, 2003
• Type: Lyrics are included with the album
• Genre: Rock

Review

Robert Palmer's second EMI album, which turned out to be a sales disappointment, seems to combine two different musical concepts in its 18 tracks. The first is a straightforward, rhythm-heavy Robert Palmer rock album that takes up about the first half of the record. The second is a soundtrack for a planned musical that a Palmer bio describes as "a futuristic comedy using telling songs from the '40s to the present day," some produced by jazzman Teo Macero. These include songs like Bob Dylan's "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (done reggae style), Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me" and "I Want You," and Rodgers & Hammerstein's "People Will Say We're in Love." The idea looks forward to Palmer's next album, Ridin' High, which is comprised entirely of standards, but the mixture of rhythm tracks and string-filled arrangements here makes for a confusing mixture. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Your Mother Should Have Told You	Robert Palmer	Robert Palmer	(3:40)
Light-Years	The Divinyls, Robert Palmer	Robert Palmer	(4:26)
You Can't Get Enough of a Good Thing	Robert Palmer	Robert Palmer	(4:05)
Dreams to Remember	Otis Redding, Joe Rock	Robert Palmer	(4:25)
You're Amazing	Robert Palmer, Alan Mansfield	Robert Palmer	(3:50)
Mess Around	Robert Palmer	Robert Palmer	(4:51)
Happiness	Robert Palmer	Robert Palmer	(2:52)
History	Robert Palmer	Robert Palmer	(4:31)
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight	Bob Dylan	Robert Palmer	(3:25)
Housework	Robert Palmer	Robert Palmer	(3:12)
Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You	Marvin Gaye, Leon Ware, Arthur Ross	Robert Palmer	(5:59)
Don't Explain	Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.	Robert Palmer	(2:27)
Aeroplane	Robert Palmer	Robert Palmer	(3:04)
People Will Say We're in Love	Oscar Hammerstein II	Robert Palmer	(2:19)
Not a Word	Robert Palmer	Robert Palmer	(4:18)
Top 40		Robert Palmer	(2:39)
You're So Desirable	Ray Noble	Robert Palmer	(2:24)
You're My Thrill	Sidney Clare, Jay Gorney	Robert Palmer	(3:57)

Credits

Robert Palmer (Drums), Robert Palmer (Producer), Steve Stevens (Guitar), UB40 (Performer), Brent Bourgeois (Keyboards), Brent Bourgeois (Vocals (Background)), B.J. Nelson (Vocals (Background)), Cyro Battista (Percussion), Luka Belak (Violin), Frank Blair (Bass), Dennis Budimir (Guitar (Acoustic)), Dennis Budimir (Guitar), Alan Darby (Guitar), Chuck Findley (Trumpet), Chuck Findley (Flugelhorn), Clare Fischer (Clarinet), Clare Fischer (Arranger), Clare Fischer (Conductor), Clare Fischer (String Arrangements), Mike Fraser (Mixing), Teo Macero (Producer), Alan Mansfield (Drums), Alan Mansfield (Keyboards), Eddie Martinez (Guitar), Demo Morselli (Trumpet), Claudio Pascoli (Saxophone), Pino Pischetola (Percussion), Pino Pischetola (Engineer), Saverio Porciello (Guitar), Guy Pratt (Bass), Eric "ET" Thorngren (Mixing), Gerald Vinci (Concert Master), Donny Wynn (Percussion), Donny Wynn (Drums), David Harper (Executive Producer), Henry Marquez (Art Direction), Arnie Fraser (Engineer), Richard Coble (Production Coordination)